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Side effects

Like all vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine can cause side effects. Those
observed during the clinical trials were commonly reported side effects of vaccines
and do not pose a health risk.
● The most frequent adverse reactions were mild or moderate and resolved
within a few days after vaccination.
● No major safety concerns were reported in the data submitted to Health
Canada.

Very common side effects Uncommon side effects
(may affect more than 1 in 10 people) (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

● Pain at injection site (84.1%*) ● Enlarged lymph nodes (0.008%*)

● Fatigue (62.9%*)
● Headache (55.1%*) *subset (n=7960)
● Muscle pain (38.3%*)
● Chills (38.3%*)
● Joint pain (38.3%*)
● Fever (38.3%*)

*subset (n=8183)

FAQ’s

Can recipients contract No. This is not a live vaccine and does not contain the
the coronavirus from virus; therefore, the vaccine cannot give recipients
this vaccine? infection or disease (COVID-19).

Will this vaccine alter No. This vaccine does not affect, interact or alter DNA in
the recipient’s DNA? any way. Our DNA resides in the nucleus of our cells
and the mRNA does not travel into the nucleus.
Therefore, there is no risk of altering DNA. It uses the
body’s natural defense response which breaks down
and gets rid of the mRNA after it is finished using the
harmless genetic instructions.

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